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STOGKING SUPPORTBR.

' N0.'395,011. PatentedDemZFJ, 1888.

WIN/8858: 1 IIVVENTOR J21. LEWIS STEIN.

ATTORNEY.

IL FEI'ERS. Photo-Ullwgrgphur. Wahingon. D- C,

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEIVIS STEIN, OF NEIV YORK, N. Y.

STOCKlNG-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 395,011, dated December25, 1888.

Application iiled May 8, 1838. Serial No. 273,237. (No model.) I

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEWIS STEIN, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements inStocking-Supporters, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates especially to the clasp portion ofstocking-supporters; and it consists in certain novel construction ofsuch clasp from sheetmetal, as hereinafter described, for producing asimple and effective article at a low cost of manufacture. Q In theaccompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front view of a blank usedin the construction of my clasp. Fig. 2 represents a similar viewthereof applied to a leg-encircling band. Fig. represents a side viewthereof detached.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The letter A indicates a blank of sheet metal or other material ofelongate shape formed integral with ears B at or near one end, and withtwo parallel slots, 0, and an eye, D, at or near the other end, theslots being adjacent to and inclined toward one side of the blank, whilethe eye is adjacent to the other side thereof. Said ears B are bent atright angles to the face of the blank A, and constitute the bearings forapivot, (2, supporting the ordinary spring-j aw, F, serving to com pletethe clasp, the outer end of said jaw, as well as the corresponding endof the blank, being usually serrated. The parallel slots 0 are of equallength, and through them is drawn one end of a leg-encircling band, G,insuch a manner that the latter is firmly united to the clasp by the barof metal left between the slots, the other end of said band carrying ahook, I, to be inserted in the eye D when the band is adjusted on theleg. The eifect of making the slots 0 inclined is to permit the band totake an inclined position 011 the leg, as that shown in Fig. 2, but theinclination of said slots is not a necessary feature of my invention. Insome cases one of the slots 0 may be omitted,or some other suitablebandattaching medium may be substituted for the slots, and the blank mayalso be provided with struck-up barbs or prongs to assist in holding theband.

It will be seen that my construction of the clasp involves the leastamount of labor, inasmuch as the blank A may be formed in one operation,and hence it has the advantage of simplicity and cheapness, while it isvery effective in use by affording a rigid support.

IVhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The blank for clasps herein described, consisting of a sheet-metalblank, A, which is formed integral with ears B at one end, and withparallel slots 0' and an eye, D, at the othe end, said slots for unitingone portion of a leg-encircling band, G, to the blank A, and the eyeanother portion thereof, substantially as and for the purpose described.

LEWIS STEIN.

IVitnesses:

FRANCIS C. BOWEN, J AS. S. EWBANK.

